Comparative study of antithrombotic and antiaggregatory activity of acetylsalicylic acid, ticlopidine and a new noncarboxylic acid antiinflammatory pyrazine derivative HF90.
The action of acetylsalicylic acid, ticlopidine and a new pyrazine derivative HF90 selected in preliminary screenings (11, 18, 19) was studied by using the mouse antithrombotic assay according to DiMinno and Silver (22) and in vitro blood platelet aggregation method according to Born (23). Acute pulmonary thromboembolism was induced by injection of a mixture of collagen and epinephrine into the mouse tail vein. The effect of HF90, an acidic pyrazine derivative possessing active methylene moiety, administered at doses of 50 and 100 mg/kg, was compared to the action of the well established antithrombotic agents: ticlopidine (100 mg/kg) and acetylsalicylic acid (20 mg/kg). The compounds were administered i.p. in single doses 1 h and 24 h before the thrombotic challenge or once a day per three consecutive days before the thrombotic challenge. Ticlopidine appeared to provide the better protection against microembolism than acetylsalicylic acid although its effect has not manifested itself immediately after administration. The pyrazine derivative examined has a lower but significant antithrombotic activity. The chemical class of pyrazine derivatives with active methylene moiety (the so called pyrazine CH/NH-acids) (16) provides a new original antiinflammatory pharmacophore and HF90 may serve as the "lead compound" in the search for new agents of pharmacological interest.